Metal-Ligand Interactions in Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry: Part 1

Front Matter....Pages I-X
Search for General Features in Cation-Ligand Binding. Ab Initio SCF Studies of the Interaction of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Ions with Water....Pages 1-6
Chelate Metal Complexes of Purines, Pyrimidines and Their Nucleosides: Metal-Ligand and Ligand-Ligand Interactions....Pages 7-40
Recent Studies on the Effects of Divalent Metal Ions on the Structure and Function of Nucleic Acids....Pages 41-51
Crystallographic Studies on Copper Complexes of Nucleic Acid Components....Pages 53-64
Quantum-Mechanical Studies on Cation Binding to Constituents of Nucleic Acids and Phospholipids....Pages 65-76
The Conformational Sensitivity of DNA to Ionic Interactions in Aqueous Solutions....Pages 77-106
Interaction of Gadolinium (III), Manganese (II) and Copper (II) with Cyclic Nucleotides....Pages 107-113
Influence of Heterocyclic Nitrogen Atoms on the Interaction Between Purine Analogues and Metal Ions....Pages 115-126
The Investigation of Metal-Amide Interactions with the Aid of Quantum Chemical Model Calculations and Corresponding Model Experiments....Pages 127-145
Interaction of Alkali and Alkaline Earth Cations and Protons with Amides and Related Systems....Pages 147-157
Alkali Ion Binding to Polypeptides and Polyamides....Pages 159-169
Infrared and Raman Studies of Interactions Between Salts and Amides or Esters....Pages 171-191
Concept of Molecular Design in Relation to the Metal-Binding Sites of Proteins and Enzymes....Pages 193-228
Metal Complexes in Proteins....Pages 229-242
Metal-Ligand Interactions in Cu-Proteins....Pages 243-253
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Studies of the Interaction of Lanthanide Cations with Lysozyme....Pages 255-282
Co(III)-ATP Complexes as Affinity Labeling Reagents of Myosin and Coupling Factor-1 ATPases....Pages 283-290
Crystallographic Studies of Valinomycin and A23187....Pages 291-315
Effects of Cations of Groups IA and IIA on Crown Ethers....Pages 317-335
Cation Selectivities Shown by Cyclic Polyethers and Their Thia Derivatives....Pages 337-361
X-Ray Structure of a Synthetic, Non-Cyclic, Chiral Polyether Complex as Analog of Nigericin Antibiotics: Tetraethyleneglycol-Bis(8- Oxyquinoline)-Ether · Rubidium Iodide Complex....Pages 363-374
Metal Ion — Ligand Interactions for the Tetracycline Derivative Antibiotics: A Structural Approach....Pages 375-396